3/27-4/2 Tim's schedule

Sunday- 3:30-10pm
Monday- 2:30-11pm
Tuesday- Off
Wednesday- 9am-2:30pm
Thursday- 2:30-11pm
Friday- Off
Saturday- 4:30-12am

Moar Raid Videos

Thought it might be fun to see a couple of our successful runs from last night. :)


This is pretty much a Peeve Appreciation Video. Watch his leet kiting, and tell him he's awesome next time you see him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG27cT7FF6I&feature=player_profilepage


I missed the very beginning, but figured this was still worth seeing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAcTHI-H71E&feature=player_profilepage

Paid Guild Name Changes Finally on the Way!

Despite the fact that some in the military who use this slogan (from which our guild name derives) are guilty of the same mistake, there is no word "Reproache" in either French or English. Blame Platheus.

"Sans Reproche", coming soon. (Or maybe Sans Poop. We'll see.)

Atramedes

Atramedes Attempts 3/20 <-- clicky

Uploaded in case anyone would like to see a couple of our attempts from last night. After watching my unadulterated idiocy for a few hours, I've decided one specific thing we might be able to work on is our positioning (twss). Feel free to leave a comment here if you have any observations or suggestions. :)

Arcane gearing basics for Mech

• Intellect is your best stat (though you can't reforge for int).
• Hit is the next best thing, up until you reach the cap of 615 for 5 man content (1742 for raids but don't worry about that until you get all 346+ gear). Once you reach the hit cap, additional hit rating is worthless.
• Haste is next, nearly equal with Mastery.
• Mastery might even pull ahead of haste at times depending on the rest of your numbers. For now favor haste. (As a rough analogy, think of your total "rating" points as the perimeter of a polygon, and Haste and Mastery as two contributing factors in determining the length of various sides. Maximizing your DPS is like trying to maximize the area of that polygon: there's no rule that tells you, independent of all the other properties of that shape, which side you should choose to lengthen. Similarly, whether 10 Haste or 10 Mastery constitutes a bigger upgrade depends on the state of your gear - the totality of your stats - at a given moment. The attempt to figure all this out is called theorycrafting, or simcrafting. Some people in the guild use spreadsheets to get the numbers as close to perfect as possible. There's also a program called Rawr that will run the numbers for you. In any case, you don't have to worry about doing this crap, just yet.)
• Crit is very weak, relative to any of the above.

Stamina is worth having but not at the expense of Int, Haste, Mastery, or Crit. Everything else (including spirit) is worthless. Resilience is great for PvP, almost worthless otherwise. For this reason, almost any PvE gear, unless the ilvl is much lower, will be better than the entry level PvP stuff.

Guides:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1648728060

Read this a few times at least, skipping the sections on frost/fire specs if they don't interest you.

Another gear list, simple and straightforward:

http://eaoexcursions.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/a-cataclysm-mage-gear-list/

More comprehenisve gear lists; you can set the parameters (remove raid gear from your lists, etc.)
http://www.maxdps.com/mage/arcane.php

A more thorough and technical guide, optional but definitely worth a read:

http://elitistjerks.com/f75/t118084-cataclysm_arcane_mage_compendium/

http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mage/

Very readable weekly column on mage stuff. Bookmark this and check in every weekend to stay updated on current discussions and recent changes. Read older columns when procrastinating or otherwise killing time to become better informed about Mage mechanics and what to do in specific combat situations.

FAQ: Non-Obvious Mage Mechanics

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/969937068

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/

Check regularly if you want to know about game changes within hours of their announcement.

Quick fixes:

- Get a cloak without agility. Check the list from

http://www.maxdps.com/mage/arcane.php;

you could probably go quest for a bit in Twilight Highlands and get an upgrade with Intellect.

- Reforge the crit on your chestpiece into haste.

- Turn the hit on your wand back to haste. You're more than 19 over the cap.

- Your spec/glyph situation is a little odd; a mix of PvE, PvP, and a few choices that I wouldn't recommend for either. I'd suggest having a dedicated PvP spec, whether frost or Arcane, and a dedicated PvE Arcane spec.

For the PvE Arcane: lose 2/2 Improved Counterspell and 1/2 Shatter. 2/2 Arcane Flows is a MUST (you have 1/2). In Fire you need 2/2 Master of Elements and 3/3 Burning Soul. Keep 3/3 Piercing Ice in Frost, but nothing else in that tree.

Prismatic Cloak, Imp. Arcane Explosion, Imp. Blink, Imp Polymorph, and Invocation are all decent optional talents for your last few points. Check the link below to see which optional talents I think are best for you right now.

Lose the glyph of Arcane Barrage and pick up the glyph of Mage Armor. Always use Mage Armor when fighting as Arcane (used to be Molten Armor was best). Get the Glyph of Evocation. Minor glyphs are less important, but Armors/Slowfall are the most useful.

Here's an example of a setup I'd recommend:

http://www.wowhead.com/talent#ohIMMRhRrRRofZc:s0VMkomoV

There's some wiggle room in the talents and glyphs, but that's an ideal starting point.

(You could, for example, take 2 of the points form Prismatic Cloak and put them in Imp. Blink, or you could take the 2 from Arcane Explosion, assuming you don't often do AoE in dungeons.)

Tim's Schedule 3/6-3/19

Basically, my schedule is always changing, but they seem to have made a habit about giving me Tuesdays/Fridays off.

3/6 I work, but will be home around 8:15pm server time.
3/7 I work till 10pm server.
3/8-3/11 I have off. Wootz! First time for everything.
3/12 I'm unsure about, but I assume I work till 11pm server.
3/13 I'll be home no later than 9pm server
3/14 Home at 10pm server.
3/15 Off
3/16 AM shift, will be home at 4:30pm server.
3/17 Home at 10pm server.
3/18 Off
3/19 Home at 11pm server.

That's all I have for now, will keep it updated when schedules come out!

Rolling a new alt, Cata-style

1. Create character. Base the character name off of a pop culture reference, or possibly a play on words of your chosen race/class combination (Edworgcullen, Holykow, etc)

2. Spend 30+ minutes reconfiguring all your addons that have defaulted back to their initial factory settings.

3. Log on to your main and mail yourself full heirloom gear.

4. Log back onto your alt and equip all the heirloom gear.

5. Log back onto your other alt because you forgot the rare heirloom ring you won by sheer chance in the Kalu'ak Fishing Derby.

6. Log onto your new alt and be ready to roll.

7. Log back onto your main to mail your new alt five Netherweave Bags and 100g to get you started.

8. Stay on your main until a guild officer gets online to send your new alt a guild invite. Refuse to level without the extra experience from the Fast Track guild perk.

9. Log on to new alt, finally ready to go.

10. Do a few monotonous quests, quickly realizing you are no longer in the mood to level a new character.

11. Hop on your main and ask if anyone in guild needs a daily heroic.

(Stolen from Masterofwarcraft.net, my favorite tip/exploit site.)